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    Claude Jacques Lecourbe (22 February 1759 – 22 October 1815) was a French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Lecourbe was born...
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    laboriously along the Reuss River valley, constantly opposed by General Claude Lecourbe. When he reached Altdorf he was forced to detour northeast through...
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    Austrian brigades attack a French division under General of Division Claude Lecourbe. The same day brought clashes at the Oberalp Pass and Hospental (archaic...
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    Sèvres–Lecourbe (French pronunciation: [sɛvʁ ləkuʁb]) is an elevated station on Line 6 of the Paris Métro. It is located at the intersection of several...
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    stalemate. However, while the two main armies were engaged at Engen, Claude Lecourbe captured Stockach from its Austrian defenders (the latter commanded...
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    General of Division Claude Lecourbe face a brigade of Habsburg Austrian soldiers led by General-major Joseph Anton von Simbschen. Lecourbe's offensive began...
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    October 19 – Paolo Mascagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1755) October 22 – Claude Lecourbe, French general (b. 1759) December 3 – John Carroll, first American...
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    was hindered by General Lecourbe's Armée du Jura, which was largely made up of National Guardsmen and other reserves. Lecourbe fought four delaying actions...
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    Saint-Gotthard Massif. The Russian troops of Suvorov were advancing against Lecourbe's French troops, stationed in the Schöllenen Gorge area. It was a success...
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    June 27 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Neuburg – General Claude Lecourbe leads French forces to victory, securing control of the Danube from...
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    both sides. However, while the two main armies were engaged at Engen, Claude Lecourbe captured Stockach from its Austrian defenders under Joseph, Prince...
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    had taken refuge the previous spring. To divert this attack, General Claude Lecourbe, attacked the pontoon bridges over which the Austrians crossed the...
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    intentions by crossing the Rhine from the west. Bonaparte wanted Claude Lecourbe's corps to be detached to Italy after the initial battles, but Moreau...
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    André Masséna Jean-de-Dieu Soult Étienne Macdonald Barthélemy Schérer Claude Lecourbe Jan Dąbrowski Alexander Suvorov Alexander Korsakov Andrei Rosenberg...
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    Observation – Armée du Jura Based at Belfort and commanded by General Claude Lecourbe, this army was to observe any Austrian movement through Switzerland...
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    rout of his brigade, Gratien was arrested but eventually acquitted. Claude Lecourbe distinguished himself in the attack on Wattignies on 16 October. Édouard...
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    against the Austrian positions in the Alps. On 15 and 16 August General Claude Lecourbe with 12,000 men drove the forces of Gottfried von Strauch and Joseph...
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    the smaller forces posted between Ulm and Donauwörth. Its commander, Claude Lecourbe, secured posts in Landsberg and Augsburg, and left sufficient rearguard...
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    Division Claude Lecourbe's Right Wing brushed aside Riesch at Rosenheim on 9 December. At Salzburg on 14 December, the archduke held off Lecourbe in a successful...
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  • both sides. However, while the two main armies were engaged at Engen, Claude Lecourbe captured Stockach from its Austrian defenders under the Joseph, Prince...
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    (1923–2010), novelist Félix Lambey (born 1994), rugby player General Claude Lecourbe (1759–1815) studied in Lons; a statue of him stands in the central...
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    August Wolf, German philologist, archaeologist (d. 1824) February 22 – Claude Lecourbe, French general (d. 1815) April 19 – August Wilhelm Iffland, German...
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    both sides. However, while the two main armies were engaged at Engen, Claude Lecourbe captured Stockach from its Austrian defenders under the Joseph, Prince...
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    join with the not yet defeated Korsakov, he struggled against general Claude Lecourbe and overcame the St. Gotthard and Oberalp mountain passes. Suvorov's...
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    42–46 guns and 13,000–23,500 men I Corps of Observation – Armée du Jura (Lecourbe); based at Belfort, this army was to observe any Austrian movement through...
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    military service in January 1799. Serving under André Masséna and Claude Lecourbe, Loison commanded a brigade in numerous small actions in Switzerland...
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    of the "Army of the Rhine" was given to the promising General Claude Lecourbe. Lecourbe believed his forces to be insufficient for offensive action, so...
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    and Claude Lecourbe. Lambert led the 93rd Line (3,119) and 109th Line (2,769). Laroche directed the 21st Light (2,284) and 31st Line (2,840). Lecourbe commanded...
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    Dubouscat, Claude Lecourbe and Henri François Lambert. Laroche directed 5,124 soldiers of the 21st Light and 31st Line Infantry, Lecourbe commanded 5...
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    Polish Artillery 1st company/4th Sapper Battalion 'General of Division Claude Lecourbe (19,663 infantry, 2,915 cavalry, 36 guns) 1st Division: General of...
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